8 Responses to “US troops out of Iraq NOW!”  

1. 1 Leftist Egyptian Aug 20th, 2007 at 1:45 pm

   bring em back home
   or take them the hell out of here
   how ever the way we should say it
   but just take em before we deliver em in boxes
   Resistance

2. 2 amre el-abyad Aug 20th, 2007 at 3:56 pm

   I dont know what is up with you guys????? It is very obvious and very clear that Occupation could have never stayed for a single dayin Iraq, hadn’t it been for Iran’s death squads and criminal role in Iraq. If you had a concience that would be strong enough to transend whatever ideological premises you folowing suit, then your discourse must target Iran as much as it targets the U.S

3. 3 farafahinne Aug 20th, 2007 at 9:10 pm

   no one is ignoring the imperial role of Iran not only in irak. Iran is a regional power in resurrection. but also don’t forget that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has simplify the way to Iran to interfere there. no future settlement in Iraq proposed by the Americans will exclude Iran. the “new iraq” of the Americans is a country where Iran will play an important economical and political role next to the American companies.
   but we have to admit that Iran is the only side to support the resistance, it’s a fact whether we are with this form of resistance or not. i think that by resisting the US project in the region, the other projects will be defeated.
   cheers
   farah

4. 4 Hossam el-Hamalawy Aug 20th, 2007 at 9:31 pm

   Amr, your anti-Shiite bigotry just knows no limits..
   You call yourself anti-Imperialist, yet you call in earlier comments on this blog for bombing the Iranian cities to “liberate Iraq!!”
   Iran is a player in Iraq? Yes.. But does that mean the US occupation continues because of IRan?!! Come on..! If things in Iraq went well for the Americans, their tanks would have been now in Tehran, Damascus (and who fucking knows, may be Cairo itself)…
   This does NOT mean that I think the Iranian regime is “progressive” or anti-Imperialist.. I look forward to the day when the Iranian workers overthrow it.. But You are focusing on the little fish (Iran) and leaving the big shark (the US).. which make you at the end of the day take similar stands to Israel (like your position on the Lebanon War) and the US (in the case of Iraq), the same two powers which you claim to be against…!

5. 5 Hossam el-Hamalawy Aug 20th, 2007 at 9:32 pm

   Leftist Egyptian:
   Amen!

6. 6 amre el-abyad Aug 21st, 2007 at 2:01 pm

   Hossam, I am very secular Egyptian Arab man who is inclined towards the left, Yet I am not a neo-communist. I consider myself both a sunni and a shiite at the same time. And I think there is one hell of a difference between shiisim and Iranian sponsered political shiism which was the main reason of Iraq’s war against Iran. Am sure a briliant journalist like yourself can figure out the difference.

   Farfahine.: There is a logical error in your argument. you are claiming that Iran is supporting the resitance, whilst it is well known that the Iranioan supreme revolutionary council of Hakim and co. is fighting the resiitance along with the imperialists. Iran is supporting the vichy government, death squads and calling resistance terrorism.

   Hossam, Simply the American casualties would have been unacceptable , hadn’t the Iraqis been obliged to fight the Iranian penetration into Iraq and prtotect the innceont civilians from the the iranian gangs.

   Bingo! It is Iran that is supportin ther ocupation.

   And to put more strategy into the issue. I think it is quite reasonable to claim that without maintaining the Arab identity of Iraq , there will never be hope for Palestinians or other anti imperial forces in the region.

   By the way, I lost a job and friends because of my anti-imperialisim and rejection of the American occupation in Iraq. Honestly speaking, I think that AT THIS SPECIFIC POINT IN TIME, IRAN IS THE MAIN HEAD OF THE IMPERIAL HYDRA

   It is very obvious that Isreael and Iran share the strategic goal of disintegrating Iraq and diluing i Arabic identity, for diffeent objectives, however

7. 7 Hossam el-Hamalawy Aug 22nd, 2007 at 7:49 am

   And I think there is one hell of a difference between shiisim and Iranian sponsered political shiism which was the main reason of Iraq’s war against Iran. Am sure a briliant journalist like yourself can figure out the difference.”
   It seems you are the one who need to know the difference, as opposing “political shiism” (very abstract and vague term by the way, which tends to lump up all Shiite groups in one basket) as you describe it, does not mean for me that I would support bombing the Iranian cities as you were calling for in previous comments on this blog…

   “Hossam, Simply the American casualties would have been unacceptable , hadn’t the Iraqis been obliged to fight the Iranian penetration into Iraq and prtotect the innceont civilians from the the iranian gangs.
   Bingo! It is Iran that is supportin ther ocupation.”
   I’m not sure I understand what you are saying here..

   “Honestly speaking, I think that AT THIS SPECIFIC POINT IN TIME, IRAN IS THE MAIN HEAD OF THE IMPERIAL HYDRA”
   sure.. Iran is much more powerful the US, Israel, and all the European countries which are operating in Iraq en masse…

8. 8 Amre El-Abyad Aug 22nd, 2007 at 1:14 pm

   Dear Hossam,

   First all accept my appology for not expressing my deep admiration of your courageous blog. I am discussing the whole issue with you, because I would feel that I have done something for the Iraqi cause by winning over somone like you. You sound like a privileged bourgoise who is working for a marxist revolution in religous Arab society. Usually people like you, when their dedication to the principal happen to be genuine and not just some bizzare youth whimsey, are the most ethical and trust worthy. Now, enough of that.

   Despite of all the worngs of sadam’s Iraq, still, relatively speaking, it was the most progessive in the Arab/Muslim sphere, in terms of access to free quality health care, women rights, religous rights……….etc . The regime was secular and doing its best to modernise Iraqis at a grass root level. Iran- a regressive retarded, medival power, was politicising shiisim to achieve nationalistic ends in Iraq and consequantly the whole religon. The minority that are in power in Iraq now are sectarian shiites who believe in welayet faquih and reject he idea of national or a secualr state. No wonder they took refugee in Iran at the peak of the Iraqi war of defence against Iran. Those In addition to the one or two milion Arabic speaking Pesians who enetered Iraq after the occupation constitute the pro Irani vichy murderous colaborating govenrment in Bagdad. And it is all well documented, well resourced, well photographed and thourouhly discussed and analysed.

   Dear commerade, Irani death squads are conducting industralised mass killings against seculars, Arab nationalists, shiites of Arab origin in the south who oppose the Iranian influence. Hence the resistance has to direct a major part of its effort in combating the Iranians inside Iraq. Moreover, Iranian intelligence is involved directly in hunting down insurgents.
   Without the Irani support and the Irani elemnts inside Iraq, life for ocupation would have been hell.

   Dear sir, Iran in is like inflated ballon who is gaining grounds on expense of the blood of Arabs and th future of the entire Arab worlld as an independent prosperous entity with a resurected civilsation. I don’t need to tell that Iran is far behind the very poor depressed Egypt in terms of technological embeddment, military efficiency……….etc They are yelling and raising their voices, simply because of the deep swamp Iraqi resistance had the Americans stuck in.

   Dont forget that in a single battle called El-Fao primitive Egyptian missiles some ABC miltary palnning almost disintegrated the entire mechanised and armoured medival Irani forces. Ther Irani shrewed propaganda machine is making use of the miserable cultural and political stae of the arab world caused by the lood sucking coalition of business and political elites to advovate it is very dangerous project.

   Iran can never harness a presence in the middle east from which i has been locked out since the dawn of history except during the times of the bloody barbaric persian empire, except by highlighting an anti-progressive sunni-shiite discourse. Definetly the Iranian politcisation of Islam and desparate attempts to forge religon as the main identity in the region- whilst it takes advantage of ambiguity of Iranian society which is not eligous at all,on the contrary it is very nationalistic Iran is sustaing its national unity by the bloody opressions of Turkish , Arab, Pakistani ethnic groups in Iran. Unfortunately, unlike Arabs Iranians are very well aware of the role shiisim plays in fending their national interets and bringing their country into the region